<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Carsten Müller</b> <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:carsten.mueller@wzw.tum.de">carsten.mueller@wzw.tum.de</a>&gt;</span><br>Date: Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 12:49 PM<br><br><br>
  

    
  
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                  on behalf of Todd Ehlers and Friedhelm von
                  Blanckenburg I post the following 17 PhD positions
                  within the DFG funded priority program Earth Shape.<br>
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                  With kind regards,<br>
                  Carsten Mueller<br>
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                        <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:green">17 PhD Positions</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:green">EarthShape:


                                Earth Surface Shaping by Biota. </span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:green">A
                              German-Chilean Priority Program in the
                              Chilean Coast Range</span></b></p>
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                      <div><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">The new German
                          Priority Program (Schwerpunktprogramm der DFG)
                          1803 €œEarthShape:€“ Earth Surface Shaping by
                          Biota€  will explore how biologic processes
                          form soil, influence topography, and thereby
                          shape the Earth surface. You will work in a
                          consortium of 13 interdisciplinary projects
                          comprising <b>17 new PhD positions</b> and


                          3 Postdocs that encompass the fields Geology,
                          Ecology, Soil Sciences, Geography,
                          Microbiology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry.
                          EarthShape research will be conducted at <b>four study sites within in the
                            Chilean Coastal Range </b>that features one
                          of Earth’s most spectacular vegetation
                          gradients and is controlled by climate ranging
                          from hyper-arid to humid temperate. It is a
                          natural laboratory to study how biology and
                          topography interact. You will be trained in
                          interdisciplinary methods and conduct joint
                          field work and training workshops. </span> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">The
                          program is coordinated by Todd Ehlers (</span><a href="mailto:todd.ehlers@uni-tuebingen.de" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial"></span></a><a href="mailto:todd.ehlers@uni-tuebingen.de" target="_blank">todd.ehlers@uni-tuebingen.de</a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">) and Friedhelm von Blanckenburg (</span><a href="mailto:fvb@gfz-potsdam.de" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial"></span></a><a href="mailto:fvb@gfz-potsdam.de" target="_blank">fvb@gfz-potsdam.de</a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">). Interested applicants should
                          contact the supervisors at the potential host
                          institutions (see list below, these will also
                          handle your applications). An MSc or Diplom
                          degree is required for admission into PhD
                          programs at German Universities.  Projects
                          will begin between January and March 2016 and
                          are funded for three years. The application
                          deadline for most positions is around October
                          15, 2015. Additional information about each
                          position and contact information the
                          supervisor is available on the €œPositions
                          open€  link at </span><a href="http://www.earthshape.net" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial"></span></a><a href="http://www.earthshape.net" target="_blank">www.earthshape.net</a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial"></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial"><br>
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                          The available PhD positions, work locations,
                          and supervisors are as follows:</span>
                        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">PhD 1a: </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">Experimental
                            investigation of interactive plant-trait and
                            climate effects on soil carbon inputs.
                            University of Marburg (Prof. Maaike Bader)</span></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">PhD 2a: </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">Coupled landscape
                            evolution and dynamic vegetation modeling
                            from the Last Glacial Maximum to present.
                            University of Tuebingen (Prof. Todd Ehlers;
                            co-supervisor Thomas Hickler).</span></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">PhD 2b:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial"> Dynamic modeling of
                            vegetation changes in Chile from the Last
                            Glacial Maximum to present. Senckenberg
                            Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre
                            (BiK-F) and Goethe University,
                            Frankfurt/Main (Prof. Thomas Hickler;
                            co-supervisor Todd Ehlers)</span></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">PhD 4a: </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">Modelling and budgeting
                            sediment transport, storage and connectivity
                            - biotic effect. University of Bonn (Dr.
                            Thomas Hoffmann, co-supervisor: Prof. Lothar
                            Schrott) </span></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">PhD 5a: </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">Physiological,

                            biochemical and molecular-taxonomical
                            studies on biocrust organisms. University of
                            Rostock (Prof. Karsten</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">;
                            c</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">o-supervisor:

                            Prof. Buedel);</span><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial"></span></b></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">PhD 5b: </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">Geoecological,

                            ecophysiological and taxonomical studies of
                            biocrust. University of Kaiserslautern </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">(</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">Prof. Buedel; co-supervisor:
                            Prof. Bendix)</span><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial"></span></b></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">PhD 5c: </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">Chemical
                            analyses of proxies for weathering intensity
                            and investigation of biocrusts in P cycling.
                            University of Rostock</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial"> (</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">Prof.
                            Leinweber; co-supervisor: Prof. Karsten)</span><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial"></span></b></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">PhD 5d: </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">Climatic
                            control of biocrusts, and
                            multi-/hyperspectral detection of crusts by
                            remote sensing for selected catchments.
                            University of Marburg</span><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"> </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">(</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">Prof. Bendix; co-supervisor:
                            Prof. Buedel)</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">PhD 6a: </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial" lang="DE">Analysis of
                            root carbon contribution to nutrient
                            mobilization in the weathering zone.</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial" lang="DE"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial" lang="DE">Georg-August-University
                            of Goettingen (Prof. Yakov Kuzyakov;
                            co-supervisor Prof. Anna Gorbushina).</span><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial"></span></b></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">PhD 7a: </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">Holocene palaeoclimate
                            reconstruction of Northern Chile based on
                            sedimentary archives. University Heidelberg
                            (Prof. Bertil Maechtle, Dr. Karsten
                            Schittek)</span></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">PhD 8a: </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">Geophysical
                            characterization (GPR and EMI) of the
                            weathering front on hillslopes in
                            combination with geochemical proxies.
                            Forschungszentrum Juelich (Prof. Jan van der
                            Kruk; co-supervisor Dr. Mirjam Schaller)</span></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">PhD 9a: </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">Testing biotic controls
                            on erosion and sediment transport with
                            cosmogenic nuclides and river incision
                            modeling. GFZ Potsdam</span><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">(Prof. Dirk Scherler,
                            co-supervisor Dr. Eva Nora Mueller)</span><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial"></span></b></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">PhD 10a: </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">Soil phosphorus<b> </b>solubilization by
                            microorganisms and plants at different
                            stages of soil development.<b> </b>University


                            of Bayreuth, Germany (Dr. Marie Spohn). </span></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">PhD 11a: </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">Separating climate,
                            vegetation and geochemical effects on
                            nutrient cycling along a climate gradient.
                            University of Tuebingen. (Prof. K.
                            Tielbuerger, Prof. Y. Oelmann, Prof. L.
                            Cavieres) </span></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">PhD 12a: </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">Employing innovative
                            isotope geochemical systems to identify how
                            roots and fungi take up mineral nutrients
                            and convert rock to soil.<b> </b>GFZ
                            Potsdam (Prof Friedhelm von Blanckenburg;
                            co-supervisors: Dr. Jens Boy, Prof. Georg
                            Guggenberger)</span></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">PhD 13a: </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">Understanding of
                            microbial communities and the impact of
                            their metabolic processes on the development
                            of a soil.<b> </b>GFZ, Potsdam,
                            Germany (Prof. Dirk Wagner)</span></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">PhD 13b: </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">Understanding of
                            microbial-mediated soil formation processes
                            and their relationship to soil erosion<b>. </b>University of Tuebingen
                            (Prof. Thomas Scholten and Dr. Peter Kuehn)</span></p>
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